William Luke St John was born 7/28/1948, and died 1/22/1969. He was 21 years old when he was killed in South Vietnam. He was from Oakdale CT and he served in the Marines.
It's always amazing to me that many of the people who were killed in the vietnam war were not much older than the students I teach every day. While you are doing this project, I want you to think about about William and the sacrifice he made during the war--sometimes in history class, it's easy to separate yourself from past events since they happened so long ago. Hopefully, this blog will help make your study of the war more personal. I am looking forward to reading more.
Wow! That was the year my father and mother were born. My father served in the Air Force and was luckily not hurt while serving. He was extremely young for that situation!
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It's always amazing to me that many of the people who were killed in the vietnam war were not much older than the students I teach every day. While you are doing this project, I want you to think about about William and the sacrifice he made during the war--sometimes in history class, it's easy to separate yourself from past events since they happened so long ago. Hopefully, this blog will help make your study of the war more personal. I am looking forward to reading more.
Wow! That was the year my father and mother were born. My father served in the Air Force and was luckily not hurt while serving. He was extremely young for that situation!
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